St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-15
Annual Reunions Of the Tenth
and Seventh Regiments
of Minnesota Troops.
In the Chamber of Commerce
in st. Paul Long Sessions
Were Held.
A Plan of Permanent Organi-
zation Decided On by the
Old Tenth.
Long Lists Of Veterans Who
Were PreSent---NeW Off,
GERS Elected.

Patriots of Minnesota who once re-
Sponded to Abraham Lincoln'S call for
troops, and who had marched side by
side through the mud and rain, and to
whom the whiz of the Southern bullet
had for while been a sort of daily
music, came together yesterday and
shook hands and told "reminiscences i'll
the basement of the chamber of COM
merce in st. Paul. Both the old Mime
sofa Tenth and Seventh regiments held
the annual reunions, the one in one part
of the hall, the other in another. For
both it was really the first annual re-
union. Last year preliminary steps
were taken at the fair to organize. but a
permanent organization was not effected
until yesterday.
Gen. 5. =. JenniSon. of Red Wing,
the president, called the Tenth to order
at 10 a. m, and after the reading of the
minutes of the meeting at last years
fair, all the old officers were reelected.
They are: President, Gen. JenniSOn;
vice president, NJ. II. Sullivan. of Hast
ingS; secretary, Ii. \. Mcconnell. of
South Park; treasurer, I. J. Hunt,
Dodge Center. a committee consisting
of Gen. James Ii. Baker. of Mankato,
and Capt. c. w. Hackett and
Capt. VI. j. O'Comor. of this
city, was appointed to report upon
plan of organization. They recon-
mended that the association be called the
'''Fenth Minnesota Infantry Veterans"
officers to consist of president, vice
president, secretary and treasurer, an
executive committee to be appointed
consisting of one member from each
company and one from the field and
staff. to have general control of the Or
ganiZation and the appointing of places
and dates for meetings, and collection
of historical facts pertaining to the reg
iment and ascertaining the whereabouts
of each member; the president and sec
rotary of the association to be members
eX-Officio of the association; and the
dues to be prescribed to not exceed 81.
The executive committee, appointed
accordingly, consisted of:
Company A, $. Fl. Bowers. Owatonna; Com
pany b, George Ii. Newman, Monteyideo;
Company Z, &. ". Hackett, st. Paul; Com
pany d, John Winter Red Wing; Company
Stephen Goodrich, Redwood Falls; Company
G, A. r. Peck, st. james; Company H, flames
O,Brien st. Paul; Company l. E. K. Pickett,
Albert Lea; Company Il, Michael Hoy, Min
ST. Paul.
AN ALL DAYS SESSION.
The meeting lasted until well on in
the afternoon, and after the formal
business it took the nature of a social
reSurrecting of incidents of the rebel
lion and the Sibley campaign, Gen. Jen-
niSOn. Gen. Baker, Maj. Saunders, of
Sleepy Eve; Capt. Hackett, of this city;
Lieut.. Hunt, of Dodge Center: Judge
Edgerton, of Dakota, and Quartermas-
ter Leavens, of Faribault, entertaining
their comrades with interesting stories.
The veterans of the regiment present
were:
Company A-Lieut. S. a. Showers, Owa-
tonna; William Barnard, Fergus Falls: w. p.
Bissell, S. NJ. Freeman, Henry Pascoe and E.
P. Ring. Of Medford; G. H. Curtiss and c. B.
Pettis, Blooming Prairie; j. S. Bixby, Aurora
Station; A. W. Jones and j. l.. Roberts, of
Owatonnas
kota: Lieut.. T. j. Hunt, Dodge Center;
Charles $. Bruce, Meadow, Mimi; William
Bowman, Mantorville; j. Z. Hewitt Kassen;
6: H. Newman and G. A. Miller, Mantorville;
William Bailey, Dodge Center; A. Sherwood,
Concord: c. E. Jeyvett, Rice Lake; c. d.
Tuthill. Minneapolis.
Company Capt G. W. Haekett, st. Paul;
j. A. Peck and II. B. Whitney. wabasha; W.
Garfield, Little Falls; z. Foster, J. L. SAT-
ford and Charles Osgood. Plainview; A.
Lindstrom, Minnesota; Fred Smith, ST. Paul :;
James W. Hayes, Window; Robert Moody,
Rochester,; Henry Nipple, Bird Island; John
Parle; j. ID. Winter, Candy; Z. L. Starr,
Tracy.
Company D-Capt Charles L. Davis, Red
Wing; John Richards. Verona, Wis; John
Winter, Red Wing; Charles c. Horton, Min
neapolis; r. E. Eggleston, st. Paul; Ii. II.
Brown, Alexandria.
Company Capt. Charles Kittelson, st.
Paul: Capt J. W. Heath, Medford; Z. G.
johnson, Albert Lea; Joseph S. Triggs,
Rockford, To-; j. NJ Hoover, Minneapolis
Company F.-W. II. Cook, Matfield Green,
Kas: Theo Esch, Caledonia; c. W. Johnson,
Mapleton, To-; C. r. Miner, Moose Creek
$. C. Goodrich, Redwood Falls; George
Shumway, Appleton; James Mclaughlin,
Pine CITY.
Company G-Lieut. H. A. Mcconnell, South
Park; William Randall and D. w. Randall,
Sharon; Fred Almech, Henderson,; S. A.
Randolph, LIE Sueur; A. Grover, Fillmore
James Doherly, st. Thomas; A. r. Peck, St
James; Fred Erken, Minneapolis; John h.
Thomas; Louis Parr, Montana
Company H-Capt. M. II. Sullivan. Hast
ings Lieut. NJ. Hoy, Minneapolis; Patrick
O'Brien, Renyille; Patrick McKenna, Hast
James o'Brien, St. Paul; James Heating,
Minneapolis; NJ. R. Pendergast, quarter
master sergeant st. Paul; Arthur A. Harper,
RosemOunt; Thomas Ryan, Mapleton; Ham
1lton Logue, Minneapolis.
Company Lieut.. 4. r. Pickett, Albert
Lea; James Richardson, Glencoe; George
Fadden, New Auburn; d. P. Blair. Grand
Forks; George Woodward, Anoka; Reuben
Nye, Verona, Wis; o. W. Walsh, Tracy; H.
Willard, Waseca,
Company K-Capt. NJ. j. o'Connor, St.
Paul: John Sheridan, De Graft; W. o. Cor
Dunna, st. Paul; William Dunn. Patrick Sui
Ivan, Patrick Carney, Burke 0'Brien and
William Daley, Minneapolis; Michael T. Con-
molly, Lakeville.
Field and Staf-Col. James II. Baker,
Mankato; Lieut.. Col S. P. Jennison, Red
Wing; Maj. E. C.. Saunders Sleepy Eye
Quartermaster L. n. Leayens, Faribault; AS
sistant Surgeon f. II. Milligan, Wabasha.